Truth About Abs has become the most popular belly fat course ever written by Mike Geary. There is chance that you have heard it at least once somewhere. In spite of the popularity, is the course worth the money? Will you get the result that you always want?
1. What Makes Truth About Abs Program Different?
You might be surprised to know that the truth about abs course doesn't focus on stomach muscle at all. It is weird, right? How could the course with the content on how to build six pack abs doesn't focus on stomach muscle at all?
Mike believes that to burn and build stomach muscle it is better to focus on the intensive, full body workout rather than wasting hours doing cardio training, crunches or sit-ups that won't make you go anywhere.
2. Full Body Workouts will Help Burn Your Fat Faster
Full body workouts will help you burn fat faster and longer. Cardio training only makes your metabolism active for couple of hours but full body workouts can make your metabolism active for up to 2 days. That's why you don't need to train every day with full body workouts. You only need to train 3 times a week maximum.
When you are doing full body workouts, your stomach will act as supporting muscle, as a result you will develop your abs when you are doing your full body and at the same time get leaner and harder body.
3. Should You Do Diets?
This is another thing that differentiate Truth About Abs from other similar programs, you are not recommended to do any diet. Diets will only make you starve, and it's quite common for dieters to get their weight back in a month.
In this program, Mike will show you different type of foods that you can eat without having to do calories counting again. He will show you how to cook tasty delicious healthy foods that will help burn your fat.
When you are in doubt, you can send email to the Truth About Abs website and usually you will get your reply back in 1 or 2 days.
However, Truth About Abs is not a magic bullet. You need to alter your eating habit and invest your time to do the workouts and you might even have to wait for a month or so before you can see some results. Only after that, you will get the six pack abs that you want.
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Friday, 6 May 2016
Can You Burn Fat Whilst LIfting Weights?
There is not a day that goes by that a client or a member of my training center asks me; "Can I burn fat lifting weights?" I wish the answer was a simple yes or no, but it really isn't. Instead of giving them my thesis paper all over again, I thought I'd write it here.
First and foremost, let me state that the body has three energy systems constantly working albeit in different ratios and proportions based upon the intensity of the exercise and the duration of said exercise. The three systems are ATP-CP system (the energy that exists right in the cell), the Anaerobic Glycolytic System (breaking down carbs for energy), and the Beta Oxidation system (Fat Metabolism.)
ATP -CP System this system is used primarily for quick energy. It is energy that resides and exists right in the mitochondria (the power house of the cell.) This is high intensity and fast acting, however it is very limited for its duration 0-30 seconds best for this one. Great out of the gate, but no staying power.
Anaerobic glycolytic System- this system breaks down carbs into energy by a multiple step process that enables the body to enter into the Krebs cycle or the Corey cycle. Depending upon whether there is oxygen or enough oxygen present during the exercise. This is the system along with the ATP-CP system that is primarily used during resistance training. The body uses carbs and the storage form (glycogen) to produce energy while lifting weights. It is quick hitting, quick acting and is able to be used without the presence of oxygen. Remember resistance training is anaerobic in nature (meaning it is without oxygen.)
Beta oxidation system- this is the system that breaks down triglycerides to produce energy. This system is for activities of a continuous rhythmic nature and this system does not kick in significantly until 16 minutes or greater. The triglycerides must have two things present in order to be chemically cleaved so they can be used for energy. Those two things are water and oxygen. First the fat molecule must be hydrolyzed, and then it must be oxidized. Let me give you an easier to understand illustration: If you were going to start a fire in a fireplace you wouldn't just hold a match under a log and expect it to catch fire. You need kindling under that (maybe some newspaper or some wood chips) as the match hits the kindling it catches fire then ultimately the kindling catches the logs on fire. Same thing with fat metabolism - the oxygen is the kindling. If you have no oxygen you can't break down the fat molecules.
Now, indirectly you do burn fat with resistance training due to the fact that the more increased muscle you have, the more calories you burn even at rest. However, during the resistance training session itself, you use almost exclusively, carbohydrates as energy to perform the exercises. So in the end, in order to most effectively change your body into the body of your dreams (or your girl's dreams) you should allow resistance training to play the role that it is meant to do. Deplete muscle glycogen stores and break down the contractile proteins in the muscle so they must rebuild stronger and more dense, and allow cardio to play its role, that of a fat burner. Cardio will used stored energy (fat) as energy and thus changing your body composition.
First and foremost, let me state that the body has three energy systems constantly working albeit in different ratios and proportions based upon the intensity of the exercise and the duration of said exercise. The three systems are ATP-CP system (the energy that exists right in the cell), the Anaerobic Glycolytic System (breaking down carbs for energy), and the Beta Oxidation system (Fat Metabolism.)
ATP -CP System this system is used primarily for quick energy. It is energy that resides and exists right in the mitochondria (the power house of the cell.) This is high intensity and fast acting, however it is very limited for its duration 0-30 seconds best for this one. Great out of the gate, but no staying power.
Anaerobic glycolytic System- this system breaks down carbs into energy by a multiple step process that enables the body to enter into the Krebs cycle or the Corey cycle. Depending upon whether there is oxygen or enough oxygen present during the exercise. This is the system along with the ATP-CP system that is primarily used during resistance training. The body uses carbs and the storage form (glycogen) to produce energy while lifting weights. It is quick hitting, quick acting and is able to be used without the presence of oxygen. Remember resistance training is anaerobic in nature (meaning it is without oxygen.)
Beta oxidation system- this is the system that breaks down triglycerides to produce energy. This system is for activities of a continuous rhythmic nature and this system does not kick in significantly until 16 minutes or greater. The triglycerides must have two things present in order to be chemically cleaved so they can be used for energy. Those two things are water and oxygen. First the fat molecule must be hydrolyzed, and then it must be oxidized. Let me give you an easier to understand illustration: If you were going to start a fire in a fireplace you wouldn't just hold a match under a log and expect it to catch fire. You need kindling under that (maybe some newspaper or some wood chips) as the match hits the kindling it catches fire then ultimately the kindling catches the logs on fire. Same thing with fat metabolism - the oxygen is the kindling. If you have no oxygen you can't break down the fat molecules.
Now, indirectly you do burn fat with resistance training due to the fact that the more increased muscle you have, the more calories you burn even at rest. However, during the resistance training session itself, you use almost exclusively, carbohydrates as energy to perform the exercises. So in the end, in order to most effectively change your body into the body of your dreams (or your girl's dreams) you should allow resistance training to play the role that it is meant to do. Deplete muscle glycogen stores and break down the contractile proteins in the muscle so they must rebuild stronger and more dense, and allow cardio to play its role, that of a fat burner. Cardio will used stored energy (fat) as energy and thus changing your body composition.
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